swap_horiz Wool Alternatives

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Parable of the Talents

Parable of the Talents is a 1998 dystopian science fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler, winning the Nebula Award as the s...

Sequel Religion Dystopia Butler

8.8 Great

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Cryptonomicon

Cryptonomicon is a 1999 novel by Neal Stephenson intertwining World War II codebreaking with a 1990s tech startup in a s...

Wwii Crypto Techno Thriller Near Future

8.7 Great

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Parable of the Sower

Parable of the Sower is a 1993 dystopian science fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler that follows a young woman surviving...

Race Near Future Dystopia Butler

8.7 Great

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a 1968 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick exploring empathy and artificiali...

Android Classic Empathy Dystopia

8.6 Great

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Oryx and Crake

Oryx and Crake is a 2003 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Margaret Atwood exploring genetic engineering, corpor...

Literary Genetic Engineering Biotech Dystopia

8.5 Great

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The Windup Girl

Published in 2009 by Paolo Bacigalupi, this biopunk science fiction novel won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for its dy...

Climate Biopunk Near Future Hugo Winner

8.5 Great

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Snow Crash

Snow Crash is a 1992 cyberpunk science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson, notable for its early depiction of the metavers...

Virtual Reality Satire Cyberpunk Near Future

8.4 Great

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The Diamond Age

The Diamond Age is a 1995 science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson exploring nanotechnology, social class, and education...

Education Cyberpunk Nanotechnology Near Future

8.3 Great

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Klara and the Sun

Klara and the Sun is a 2021 science fiction novel by Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro, narrated by an artificial friend des...

AI Climate Literary Near Future

8.3 Great

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The Knife of Never Letting Go

The Knife of Never Letting Go is a 2008 young adult science fiction novel by Patrick Ness, set in a world where all men'...

Noise Dystopia Ya Ness

8.3 Great

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Recursion

Recursion is a 2019 science fiction thriller by Blake Crouch that examines the catastrophic consequences of a technology...

Time Travel Memory Thriller Near Future

8.0 Great

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Pattern Recognition

Pattern Recognition is a 2003 science fiction novel by William Gibson about a marketing consultant investigating mysteri...

Corporate Gibson Thriller Literary

7.9 Good

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The Year of the Flood

The Year of the Flood is a 2009 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Margaret Atwood, a companion to Oryx and Crake...

Sequel Biotech Dystopia Atwood

7.8 Good

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Beggars in Spain

Written by Nancy Kress and published in 1993, this novel explores genetic engineering and sleeplessness, winning both th...

Genetic Engineering Near Future Social SF Hugo Winner

7.8 Good

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The Ministry for the Future

The Ministry for the Future is a 2020 science fiction novel by Kim Stanley Robinson depicting international efforts to c...

Climate Hard SF Political Near Future

7.8 Good

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MaddAddam

MaddAddam is a 2013 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Margaret Atwood, concluding the MaddAddam trilogy begun wi...

Sequel Biotech Dystopia Atwood

7.7 Good

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The Space Between Worlds

The Space Between Worlds is a 2019 science fiction novel by Micaiah Johnson about multiverse travel limited to people wh...

Diversity Gray Thriller Near Future

7.7 Good

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Shift

Published in 2013 by Hugh Howey, this prequel to the novel Wool explores the origins of the subterranean silo society in...

Prequel Near Future Dystopia Howey

7.6 Good

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Dust

This 2013 science fiction novel by Hugh Howey concludes the Silo series, resolving the mysteries of the underground silo...

Sequel Near Future Dystopia Howey

7.3 Good

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Make Room! Make Room!

Make Room! Make Room! is a 1966 science fiction novel by Harry Harrison about overpopulation in a dystopian future, adap...

Classic Near Future Dystopia Harrison

7.0 Good